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Ashland County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI003 · Ashland County 82 sys · 1,408 viol · #2186/3254

VIOL-HIGH · HEALTH-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-HIGH 54.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 21.4% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2186/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +1.7 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 99%
  • SYS-MID 82 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Vilas County ( -1.7 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ashland County ranks #2,186 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #58 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Ashland County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 54.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 21.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,186 of 3,254 · #58 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ashland County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Ashland County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Vilas · near Manitowoc · near 52.1% 53.1% 53.2% 54.9% 58% 95.3%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Ashland Water Utility 8,000 252 Clean
Glidden Sanitary District 750 69 -
Mellen Water Utility 731 19 -
Butternut Waterworks 283 147 -
Marengo Valley School 220 14 -
Hartzell Subdivision - Abbey Lane 115 0 -
Bobbers on the Lake 100 0 -
Beach Club 100 52 -
Madeline Island Music Camp Center Well 70 0 -
Dollar General Inc 50 0 -
Prentice Park Comfort Station 50 4 -
Aspen Ridge 50 114 -
St Pauls Lutheran Church 50 11 -
Big Bay Island Park Parking Area Drinking Fountain 50 12 -
Grandpa Tonys Restaurant 50 29 -
Wildwood Haven Resort and Campground 40 0 -
WI DNR Copper Falls Picnic Area and Campground N 40 17 -
Lapointe Elementary Library and Clinic 40 49 -
Xcel Energy 34 0 -
WI DNR Copper Falls Park Office and Bath House Showers 33 47 -
Clam Lake Junction LLC 30 0 -
Dollar General 23595 27 0 -
Boomers Tavern N Hall LLC 27 0 -
Ransoms 26 7 -
Jonis Beach 25 0 -
Prentice Park Bathrooms 25 0 -
La Pointe Dump Station 25 0 -
Madeline Island Music Camp Performance Hall Clubhouse 25 8 -
Madeline Island Yacht Club Inc 25 0 -
U S N P Apostle Is Stockton Is Pi Stw01 25 5 -
Madeline Island Water Co 25 0 -
Lakeview Place 25 0 -
Ashland Mennonite Church 25 0 -
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 25 8 -
Calvary Tabernacle Church 25 0 -
Toms Burned Down Cafe 25 4 -
Parkside Townhouses 25 0 -
Madeline Island Golf Club 25 0 -
Lightkeepers Lodge 25 0 -
Lakeside Condominiums 25 7 -
Sanborn Methodist Church 25 0 -
Madeline Island Chamber Music Student Lodging 25 0 -
Madeline Island School of the Arts Classrooms 25 17 -
Madeline Island School of the Arts Cottages 25 0 -
Big Bay Island Park Showers 25 0 -
Solstice Outdoors Inc Dba - the Sandbar 25 0 -
Old Apostolic Lutheran Church 25 0 -
Fairway Suites 25 0 -
Rock House The 25 4 -
Hudson Square 25 0 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Ashland County

Cross-state counties nearest Ashland County on flagged-system share (54.9%) and cumulative violation count (1,408). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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